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NY: Niagara DA won't appeal dismissal of manslaughter conviction
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Jennifer Marchant is in the clear.
After her conviction for killing her boyfriend was overturned by an appellate court that said she acted in self-defense, Niagara County District Attorney Caroline A. Wojtaszek said Friday she cannot legally appeal the decision to the state's highest court.
The appellate court majority said the jury verdict of first-degree manslaughter for the killing of Ralph D. Stone Jr. was "against the weight of the evidence."
The court's use of that phrase, based on analysis of the facts, makes the decision unappealable under New York State law, Wojtaszek said. |
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| If, as the appellate court ruled, the conviction is unsupported by the weight of the evidence then bringing charges in the first place wasn't supported by the weight of the evidence either, hence the justification for SYG laws. |
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